Thursday, November 25, 2010

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Pakistan, as you all know, won the Asian cup hockey today....mashallah....and it is one of the indicators of a resurgent Pakistan, a new Pakistan, Iqbal's Pakistan...seeking to free itself from the clutches of moles and foreign agents and bandits that fill our parliament, and free from all systems and slogans, and it will finish accomplish the purpose of this nation, of this country which is "Muhammed (pbuh) rasool Allah"....inshallah... first it was cricket world cup, and then with all the conspiracies against it, it is emerging again, not just in cricket, not just in hockey, but in its approach, in its vision to be the leader of nations, to guide the world towards submission to none but Allah....and in it we are all united and firm!!! :)

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RE: **JP** Poem by a Hindu Poet - An eye opener !!!

Dear All,

I can't able to understand that why we wish to close our eyes and why non-muslims has become derider upon us. Why we left teachings of Nabi (Sallalaho Alaihe Wa Aalehi Wasallam) when Allah's apostle (Sallalaho Alaihe Wa Aalehi Wasallam) taught us that we should worship of saints and build their tombs. Aren't we going on the track of Hindus & Christians. Yes indeed we are doing same thing more or less. We all should do our betterment according to Quran & Sunnah.

We should go on the narrow way by Allah's mercy.

AMEEN





From: info@lhr.sapphire.com.pk
To: joinpakistan@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: **JP** Poem by a Hindu Poet - An eye opener !!!
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:11:39 +0500

Yes, its nothing except wrong presumptions and creating hatred in the name of ISLAM...
 
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From: joinpakistan@googlegroups.com [mailto:joinpakistan@googlegroups.com]On Behalf Of Usmani Associates
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 10:47 AM
To: joinpakistan@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: **JP** Poem by a Hindu Poet - An eye opener !!!

I agree with Syed Irfan Ashraf, Peshawar. There are so many problems which we are facing. It is time to be positive and trained our mind according to according to Islamic form. Islam does not believe in cast system. This poem lead us to wrong direction.

Muhammed Hussain Vegelpoory
New Karachi


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From: Irfan Ashraf <syedirfanashraf@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: **JP** Poem by a Hindu Poet - An eye opener !!!
To: joinpakistan@googlegroups.com
Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 9:30 PM

Dear friend this poem is not even worth reading. I am surprised as to
why you have given it so importance to import it impatiently from
across the border and present it before us. Please don't deal in
trading hatred. We already have tons of it. Do something more
constructive.

Regards
Syed Irfan Ashraf,
Peshawar

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Re: Thanksgiving Turkey Cake Recipe

Idiot.

On 11/25/10, Travis <baconlard@gmail.com> wrote:
> Grind up one libtard. Bake. Feed to hogs.
>
> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 9:29 AM, THE ANNOINTED ONE
> <markmkahle@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Tommy, You do realize that at least 10% of all birds are gay,
>> right ??
>>
>> On Nov 25, 9:11 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Thanksgiving Turkey Cake Recipe
>> >
>> > Total: 1 hr, plus 1 hr baking time
>> >
>> > Makes: 8 to 10 servings
>> >
>> > Thanksgiving Turkey Cake
>> >
>> > By Amy Wisniewski
>> >
>> > Whether this Thanksgiving centerpiece incites horror, amazement, or
>> > confusion when it's served, it's certain to evoke some kind of
>> > outburst. Warning: This dish is not recommended for people who require
>> > an inch of space between food groups.
>> >
>> > Game plan: The mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes can be made ahead.
>> > Rewarm them just prior to assembling the cake, so they are easy to
>> > spread.
>> >
>> > If your attention lapses and the marshmallows happen to burn or catch
>> > fire while broiling (this actually happened to us), relax and just
>> > blow out the flames. Peel away the burnt marshmallows, leaving the
>> > sweet potato layer intact, and start over with a fresh topping of
>> > marshmallows.
>> >
>> > This recipe was featured as part of our story on Thanksgiving Turkey
>> > Recipes, Traditional to Trippy.
>> >
>> > INGREDIENTS
>> > For the turkey layers:
>> > Unsalted butter, for coating the pans
>> > 2 pounds ground turkey breast
>> > 1 cup quick-cooking oats
>> > 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated on the small holes of a box grater
>> > 1/3 cup ketchup
>> > 1/3 cup finely chopped yellow onion
>> > 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh Italian parsley
>> > 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
>> > 2 tablespoons soy sauce
>> > 1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme leaves
>> > 1 teaspoon minced fresh sage leaves
>> > 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
>> > 2 medium garlic cloves, minced
>> >
>> > For the sweet potato layer:
>> > 1 pound sweet potatoes
>> > 1/4 cup whole milk
>> > 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/4 stick)
>> > 1 tablespoon packed light brown sugar
>> > 1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more as needed
>> > Pinch ground mace or nutmeg
>> > Freshly ground black pepper
>> >
>> > To assemble:
>> > About 5 cups or 1 recipe Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes, warm
>> > 1/2 cup cranberry sauce, such as our Cranberry and Citrus Sauce,
>> > chilled, excess liquid drained
>> > 2 1/2 cups Sausage Stuffing, warm
>> > 1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
>> > Gravy, for serving (optional)
>> > INSTRUCTIONS
>> > For the turkey layers:
>> > Heat the oven to 350°F and arrange a rack in the middle. Coat 2
>> > (8-inch) cake pans with butter; set aside.
>> > Place all remaining ingredients in a large bowl and mix, using clean
>> > hands, until combined (don't squeeze or overwork). Divide the mixture
>> > evenly between the pans, spreading it to the edges and smoothing out
>> > the top. Bake until cooked through and the cakes begin to pull away
>> > from the edges of the pans, about 25 minutes. Remove from the oven
>> > (but leave the oven on), and let cool for about 10 minutes. Using a
>> > paper towel, blot away any excess fat from the cake layers' surface;
>> > set aside. (While the turkey cakes are cooking, make the sweet
>> > potatoes.)
>> >
>> > For the sweet potato layer:
>> > Place a steamer basket in a large saucepan with a tightfitting lid.
>> > Add enough water to reach just below the basket; bring to a boil over
>> > high heat, then reduce the heat to low and gently simmer.
>> > Meanwhile, peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into 1-inch cubes.
>> > Once the water is simmering, place the cubes in the steamer basket,
>> > cover, and steam until the potatoes just give when pierced with a
>> > fork, about 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer the steamer basket with the
>> > potatoes to a plate; set aside.
>> > Discard the water in the saucepan. Place the milk and butter in the
>> > saucepan and heat over low heat until the butter has melted. Turn off
>> > the heat, add the reserved sweet potatoes and the brown sugar, salt,
>> > and mace or nutmeg, and mash with a potato masher until smooth. Taste
>> > and season with salt and pepper as desired; keep warm.
>> >
>> > To assemble:
>> > Arrange a rack in the lower third of the oven.
>> > Run a knife around the edge of the turkey cakes. Unmold one of the
>> > turkey layers and place it bottom-side up on an overturned 8-inch cake
>> > pan or in an ovenproof serving dish. With a long knife or offset
>> > spatula, evenly spread 1 1/4 cups of the mashed potatoes over the top
>> > of the cake, leaving a 1/2 -inch border (keep the remaining potatoes
>> > warm).
>> > Using the back of a clean spoon, spread the cranberry sauce evenly
>> > over the mashed potatoes.
>> > Using your hands, gently pack the stuffing in an even layer over the
>> > cranberry sauce, using one hand to keep any stuffing from falling off
>> > the side. Press gently on the stuffing to make sure it adheres to the
>> > mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce.
>> > Evenly spread another 1 1/4 cups of the mashed potatoes over the
>> > stuffing (keep the remaining potatoes warm).
>> > Unmold the second turkey layer and place it bottom-side up on top of
>> > the mashed potatoes.
>> > Transfer the cake pan or serving dish with the partially assembled
>> > cake to a baking sheet and bake until heated through, about 30 to 40
>> > minutes (an instant-read thermometer should register 165°F).
>> > Remove from the oven and set aside. Heat the oven to broil.
>> > With a long knife or offset spatula, evenly coat the outside (but not
>> > top) of the entire cake with the remaining mashed potatoes (you may
>> > have a little left over).
>> > With a clean long knife or offset spatula, evenly spread all of the
>> > sweet potatoes on top of the cake. Arrange the marshmallows across
>> > the top and gently press them into the sweet potatoes.
>> > Return the baking sheet with the assembled cake to the oven and broil
>> > until the marshmallows are golden, about 1 to 2 minutes (watch closely
>> > so the marshmallows don't burn). Using two flat spatulas, carefully
>> > transfer the cake to a serving dish. Serve immediately with gravy, if
>> > desired.
>> >
>> > More:http://www.chow.com/recipes/29029-thanksgiving-turkey-cake
>> >
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>> > Have a great day,
>> > Tommy
>>
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Re: Thanksgiving Turkey Cake Recipe

Uhm....Tom??  Have you tried this?  
 
I ain't all sure that this is edible......But it might be good....It's different, I will say that!!
 


 
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Tommy News <tommysnews@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanksgiving Turkey Cake Recipe



Total: 1 hr, plus 1 hr baking time

Makes: 8 to 10 servings

Thanksgiving Turkey Cake

 By Amy Wisniewski

Whether this Thanksgiving centerpiece incites horror, amazement, or
confusion when it's served, it's certain to evoke some kind of
outburst. Warning: This dish is not recommended for people who require
an inch of space between food groups.

Game plan: The mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes can be made ahead.
Rewarm them just prior to assembling the cake, so they are easy to
spread.

If your attention lapses and the marshmallows happen to burn or catch
fire while broiling (this actually happened to us), relax and just
blow out the flames. Peel away the burnt marshmallows, leaving the
sweet potato layer intact, and start over with a fresh topping of
marshmallows.

This recipe was featured as part of our story on Thanksgiving Turkey
Recipes, Traditional to Trippy.

INGREDIENTS
For the turkey layers:
Unsalted butter, for coating the pans
2 pounds ground turkey breast
1 cup quick-cooking oats
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated on the small holes of a box grater
1/3 cup ketchup
1/3 cup finely chopped yellow onion
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh Italian parsley
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme leaves
1 teaspoon minced fresh sage leaves
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 medium garlic cloves, minced

For the sweet potato layer:
1 pound sweet potatoes
1/4 cup whole milk
2 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/4 stick)
1 tablespoon packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more as needed
Pinch ground mace or nutmeg
Freshly ground black pepper

To assemble:
About 5 cups or 1 recipe Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes, warm
1/2 cup cranberry sauce, such as our Cranberry and Citrus Sauce,
chilled, excess liquid drained
2 1/2 cups Sausage Stuffing, warm
1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
Gravy, for serving (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
For the turkey layers:
Heat the oven to 350°F and arrange a rack in the middle. Coat 2
(8-inch) cake pans with butter; set aside.
Place all remaining ingredients in a large bowl and mix, using clean
hands, until combined (don't squeeze or overwork). Divide the mixture
evenly between the pans, spreading it to the edges and smoothing out
the top. Bake until cooked through and the cakes begin to pull away
from the edges of the pans, about 25 minutes. Remove from the oven
(but leave the oven on), and let cool for about 10 minutes. Using a
paper towel, blot away any excess fat from the cake layers' surface;
set aside. (While the turkey cakes are cooking, make the sweet
potatoes.)

For the sweet potato layer:
Place a steamer basket in a large saucepan with a tightfitting lid.
Add enough water to reach just below the basket; bring to a boil over
high heat, then reduce the heat to low and gently simmer.
Meanwhile, peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into 1-inch cubes.
Once the water is simmering, place the cubes in the steamer basket,
cover, and steam until the potatoes just give when pierced with a
fork, about 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer the steamer basket with the
potatoes to a plate; set aside.
Discard the water in the saucepan. Place the milk and butter in the
saucepan and heat over low heat until the butter has melted. Turn off
the heat, add the reserved sweet potatoes and the brown sugar, salt,
and mace or nutmeg, and mash with a potato masher until smooth. Taste
and season with salt and pepper as desired; keep warm.

To assemble:
Arrange a rack in the lower third of the oven.
Run a knife around the edge of the turkey cakes. Unmold one of the
turkey layers and place it bottom-side up on an overturned 8-inch cake
pan or in an ovenproof serving dish.  With a long knife or offset
spatula, evenly spread 1 1/4 cups of the mashed potatoes over the top
of the cake, leaving a 1/2 -inch border (keep the remaining potatoes
warm).
Using the back of a clean spoon, spread the cranberry sauce evenly
over the mashed potatoes.
Using your hands, gently pack the stuffing in an even layer over the
cranberry sauce, using one hand to keep any stuffing from falling off
the side.  Press gently on the stuffing to make sure it adheres to the
mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce.
Evenly spread another 1 1/4 cups of the mashed potatoes over the
stuffing (keep the remaining potatoes warm).
Unmold the second turkey layer and place it bottom-side up on top of
the mashed potatoes.
Transfer the cake pan or serving dish with the partially assembled
cake to a baking sheet and bake until heated through, about 30 to 40
minutes (an instant-read thermometer should register 165°F).
Remove from the oven and set aside. Heat the oven to broil.
With a long knife or offset spatula, evenly coat the outside (but not
top) of the entire cake with the remaining mashed potatoes (you may
have a little left over).
With a clean long knife or offset spatula, evenly spread all of the
sweet potatoes on top of the cake.  Arrange the marshmallows across
the top and gently press them into the sweet potatoes.
Return the baking sheet with the assembled cake to the oven and broil
until the marshmallows are golden, about 1 to 2 minutes (watch closely
so the marshmallows don't burn).  Using two flat spatulas, carefully
transfer the cake to a serving dish. Serve immediately with gravy, if
desired.


More:
http://www.chow.com/recipes/29029-thanksgiving-turkey-cake

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Re: Thanksgiving Turkey Cake Recipe

Grind up one libtard. Bake. Feed to hogs.

On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 9:29 AM, THE ANNOINTED ONE <markmkahle@gmail.com> wrote:
Tommy, You do realize that at least 10% of all birds are gay,
right ??

On Nov 25, 9:11 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanksgiving Turkey Cake Recipe
>
> Total: 1 hr, plus 1 hr baking time
>
> Makes: 8 to 10 servings
>
> Thanksgiving Turkey Cake
>
>  By Amy Wisniewski
>
> Whether this Thanksgiving centerpiece incites horror, amazement, or
> confusion when it's served, it's certain to evoke some kind of
> outburst. Warning: This dish is not recommended for people who require
> an inch of space between food groups.
>
> Game plan: The mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes can be made ahead.
> Rewarm them just prior to assembling the cake, so they are easy to
> spread.
>
> If your attention lapses and the marshmallows happen to burn or catch
> fire while broiling (this actually happened to us), relax and just
> blow out the flames. Peel away the burnt marshmallows, leaving the
> sweet potato layer intact, and start over with a fresh topping of
> marshmallows.
>
> This recipe was featured as part of our story on Thanksgiving Turkey
> Recipes, Traditional to Trippy.
>
> INGREDIENTS
> For the turkey layers:
> Unsalted butter, for coating the pans
> 2 pounds ground turkey breast
> 1 cup quick-cooking oats
> 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated on the small holes of a box grater
> 1/3 cup ketchup
> 1/3 cup finely chopped yellow onion
> 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh Italian parsley
> 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
> 2 tablespoons soy sauce
> 1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme leaves
> 1 teaspoon minced fresh sage leaves
> 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
> 2 medium garlic cloves, minced
>
> For the sweet potato layer:
> 1 pound sweet potatoes
> 1/4 cup whole milk
> 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/4 stick)
> 1 tablespoon packed light brown sugar
> 1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more as needed
> Pinch ground mace or nutmeg
> Freshly ground black pepper
>
> To assemble:
> About 5 cups or 1 recipe Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes, warm
> 1/2 cup cranberry sauce, such as our Cranberry and Citrus Sauce,
> chilled, excess liquid drained
> 2 1/2 cups Sausage Stuffing, warm
> 1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
> Gravy, for serving (optional)
> INSTRUCTIONS
> For the turkey layers:
> Heat the oven to 350°F and arrange a rack in the middle. Coat 2
> (8-inch) cake pans with butter; set aside.
> Place all remaining ingredients in a large bowl and mix, using clean
> hands, until combined (don't squeeze or overwork). Divide the mixture
> evenly between the pans, spreading it to the edges and smoothing out
> the top. Bake until cooked through and the cakes begin to pull away
> from the edges of the pans, about 25 minutes. Remove from the oven
> (but leave the oven on), and let cool for about 10 minutes. Using a
> paper towel, blot away any excess fat from the cake layers' surface;
> set aside. (While the turkey cakes are cooking, make the sweet
> potatoes.)
>
> For the sweet potato layer:
> Place a steamer basket in a large saucepan with a tightfitting lid.
> Add enough water to reach just below the basket; bring to a boil over
> high heat, then reduce the heat to low and gently simmer.
> Meanwhile, peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into 1-inch cubes.
> Once the water is simmering, place the cubes in the steamer basket,
> cover, and steam until the potatoes just give when pierced with a
> fork, about 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer the steamer basket with the
> potatoes to a plate; set aside.
> Discard the water in the saucepan. Place the milk and butter in the
> saucepan and heat over low heat until the butter has melted. Turn off
> the heat, add the reserved sweet potatoes and the brown sugar, salt,
> and mace or nutmeg, and mash with a potato masher until smooth. Taste
> and season with salt and pepper as desired; keep warm.
>
> To assemble:
> Arrange a rack in the lower third of the oven.
> Run a knife around the edge of the turkey cakes. Unmold one of the
> turkey layers and place it bottom-side up on an overturned 8-inch cake
> pan or in an ovenproof serving dish.  With a long knife or offset
> spatula, evenly spread 1 1/4 cups of the mashed potatoes over the top
> of the cake, leaving a 1/2 -inch border (keep the remaining potatoes
> warm).
> Using the back of a clean spoon, spread the cranberry sauce evenly
> over the mashed potatoes.
> Using your hands, gently pack the stuffing in an even layer over the
> cranberry sauce, using one hand to keep any stuffing from falling off
> the side.  Press gently on the stuffing to make sure it adheres to the
> mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce.
> Evenly spread another 1 1/4 cups of the mashed potatoes over the
> stuffing (keep the remaining potatoes warm).
> Unmold the second turkey layer and place it bottom-side up on top of
> the mashed potatoes.
> Transfer the cake pan or serving dish with the partially assembled
> cake to a baking sheet and bake until heated through, about 30 to 40
> minutes (an instant-read thermometer should register 165°F).
> Remove from the oven and set aside. Heat the oven to broil.
> With a long knife or offset spatula, evenly coat the outside (but not
> top) of the entire cake with the remaining mashed potatoes (you may
> have a little left over).
> With a clean long knife or offset spatula, evenly spread all of the
> sweet potatoes on top of the cake.  Arrange the marshmallows across
> the top and gently press them into the sweet potatoes.
> Return the baking sheet with the assembled cake to the oven and broil
> until the marshmallows are golden, about 1 to 2 minutes (watch closely
> so the marshmallows don't burn).  Using two flat spatulas, carefully
> transfer the cake to a serving dish. Serve immediately with gravy, if
> desired.
>
> More:http://www.chow.com/recipes/29029-thanksgiving-turkey-cake
>
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> Have a great day,
> Tommy

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Re: Militias, Racists and Anti-Semites Found a Home in the Tea Party

Tommy do you ever feel sad about the fact that the reason all those people have held you in contempt all your life is not because you like to swallow jizm but because your are an idiot and liar?

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Tommy News <tommysnews@gmail.com> wrote:
Militias, Racists and Anti-Semites Found a Home in the Tea Party

"We Are at War": How Militias, Racists and Anti-Semites Found a Home
in the Tea Party
In places like rural Montana, the Tea Party is working hand-in-glove
with Patriot movement radicals -- many of whom have close ties to
anti-government armed militias.
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Maybe it's the gun-making kits that are being raffled off as door
prizes. Or maybe it's the fact that nearly everyone inside this hall
at the Ravalli County Fairground is packing heat. But most of all,
it's the copy of Mein Kampf sitting there on the book table, with its
black-and-white swastika, sandwiched between a survivalist how-to book
on food storage and a copy of Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals.

It is obvious: This is not your ordinary Tea Party gathering.

Mind you, they don't explicitly call themselves Tea Partiers. Their
official name is Celebrating Conservatism. But their mission statement
is classic Tea Party -- "to restore our country, counties, and cities
back to the Republic and the Constitution of the United States" -- and
Celebrating Conservatism is listed as a member of the national Tea
Party Patriots organization. Everyone in Hamilton, Montana -- the
whole of Montana's Bitterroot Valley, for that matter -- knows them as
the Tea Party's main presence in town. Once a month or so, the group
holds a potluck dinner at the county fairgrounds that typically
attracts a couple hundred people, which in a place like the Bitterroot
is a sizeable presence.

This night -- a September 14, 2010, potluck in the oversized metal
shed that is the fairground's main hall -- is special because there is
a high-profile guest: Larry Pratt, leader of Gun Owners of America.

Pratt, like a lot of Celebrating Conservatism's speakers, has a long
history with the far right. He is considered a godfather of the
militia movement, a network of conspiracy-minded, armed paramilitary
groups that exploded in the 1990s. Pratt addressed a pivotal three-day
meeting of neo-Nazis and Christian Identity adherents in Estes Park,
Colorado, in October 1992, convened in the wake of a shoot-out by
federal agents in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, that had sent shock waves through
the extreme right. That gathering is widely credited with birthing the
movement's strategy of organizing citizen militias as a form of
"leaderless resistance" to a looming "New World Order." Joining Pratt
on the stage at Estes Park were Aryan Nations leaders Richard Butler
and Louis Beam. (A few years later, Pratt became co-chair of Patrick
Buchanan's 1996 GOP presidential campaign, but was dismissed once
these Neo-Nazi ties surfaced in the national press.)

Pratt is hardly the only controversial figure to address the group. In
May 2010, at its convention on the University of Montana's Missoula
campus, Celebrating Conservatism hosted tax protester Red Beckman,
notorious for his open anti-Semitism and the author of a 1984 book
that argues the Holocaust was a judgment upon Jews for worshiping
Satan. At a Hamilton gathering in July 2009, a onetime Arizona sheriff
named Richard Mack addressed the crowd; he'd made a career in the
1990s out of organizing militias and speaking on the national circuit
of the anti-government Patriot movement. Mack's longtime Patriot
movement confederate, Jack McLamb, spoke at the group's Hamilton
gathering the following month. McLamb, a former police officer,
recruits "soldier and lawmen" to the Patriot cause through a group
called Police & Military Against a New World Order.

Those events served notice that Celebrating Conservatism had embraced
the Patriot movement cause.

Celebrating Conservatism formed in December 2008 in reaction to the
presidential election and slowly gained members that spring by
associating itself with a variety of Tea Party events in Bitterroot.
But locals only took real notice in September 2009, when the group
held a gun rights rally in downtown Hamilton at which participants
brandished firearms. Organizers followed up with a Celebration of
Right to Bear Arms in March 2010, which featured a march of several
hundred people along Hamilton's main drag. Anyone driving through town
that day was greeted by a gauntlet of people packing weapons ranging
from muzzle-loading muskets to a high-powered sniper-style .308
caliber rifle.


Continued here:
http://www.alternet.org/story/148946/%22we_are_at_war%22%3A_how_militias%2C_racists_and_anti-semites_found_a_home_in_the_tea_party_
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Re: Immigrant Absorption Center in Israel Being Converted Into Concentration Camp

Visual,

I was just in Israel and had NO problem taking fotos of any kind any
where... There are indeed government areas where one may not enter and
take fotos but I was allowed to do so even at the Gaza crossing which
is admittedly the most secure area in Israel. Your fear of standing on
a public street and taking videos and or fotos is so ludicrous it
borders on hysteria. It is absolutely allowed.
To enter and do the same is not allowed without permission and that is
true ANYWHERE in the world. These are private residences. Have you
ever thought that the fences are designed to keep YOU out and not THEM
in. Your photos and the angled tops of those fences are indeed
designed against intrusion.... NOT your paranoid idea of escape.
Simply check with any building supply company and ask which direction
the angled top on that fence needs to be on to stop ingress or egress.

The fact that you would make this sort of report without having done
this simple homework while allowing a raging paranoid imagination take
over is truly sad.


On Nov 25, 9:06 am, Visual Purple <doreendo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Immigrant Absorption Center in Israel Being Converted Into
> Concentration Camp
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoRjvH2heGc
>
> PLEASE DOWNLOAD THIS VIDEO AND DISTRIBUTE IT.
>
> If there is a law against taking this video, I could get arrested.
>
> If I do, I want this video to exist to prove that Israel's towns are
> being turned into Concentration Camps.
>
> When I saw them preparing the barred fences in front of the Absorption
> Center at Tzahal Street #9 in Tzfat (aka Safed and Zefat), Israel
> yesterday; I immediately knew something was terribly, horribly wrong.
> My blood ran cold.
>
> When I went back today, I was shocked to find that the bars were in
> place - on the sides of the entrance to the building and with a baffle
> gate (turnstile). It's amazing how efficient Israeli Zionist anti-
> Semitic, disguised as Jewish, authorities can be when it comes to
> doing something fascist.
>
> They are not locked in - yet. I saw them walking around freely. *But
> that gate can be locked at any time and it is horrifically like a
> prison all the time*.
>
> The front entrance hasn't been barred - but there is a guard there.
>
> Every day, but every day, the lock-down in Tzfat continues and ramps
> up.
>
> I apologize for the fact that the camera faces away in a number of
> places. I had to be discreet. I was told not to take pictures.
>
> Since a lone helicopter and two Black Hawks flew over (seen in the
> video), I figured the authorities knew I had filmed. So, I'm letting
> you know too.
>
> How would you feel if you found something like that over the entrance
> to your home?
>
> Doreen Ellen Bell-Dotan, Tzfat
> DoreenDo...@gmail.com

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Re: Militias, Racists and Anti-Semites Found a Home in the Tea Party

And your cognitive response to my post is ???

On Nov 25, 9:09 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wing Nut
>
> On 11/24/10, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> Militias, Racists and Anti-Semites Found a Home in the Tea Party
>
> >> "We Are at War": How Militias, Racists and Anti-Semites Found a Home
> >> in the Tea Party
> >> In places like rural Montana, the Tea Party is working hand-in-glove
> >> with Patriot movement radicals -- many of whom have close ties to
> >> anti-government armed militias.
> >> November 21, 2010  |
> >> Photo Credit: A.M. Stan  LIKE THIS ARTICLE ?
> >> Join our mailing list:
> >> Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via email.
> >>       Petitions by Change.org|Get Widget|Start a Petition ? Research
> >> support for this article was provided by The Investigative Fund at The
> >> Nation Institute.
>
> >> Maybe it's the gun-making kits that are being raffled off as door
> >> prizes. Or maybe it's the fact that nearly everyone inside this hall
> >> at the Ravalli County Fairground is packing heat. But most of all,
> >> it's the copy of Mein Kampf sitting there on the book table, with its
> >> black-and-white swastika, sandwiched between a survivalist how-to book
> >> on food storage and a copy of Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals.
>
> >> It is obvious: This is not your ordinary Tea Party gathering.
>
> >> Mind you, they don't explicitly call themselves Tea Partiers. Their
> >> official name is Celebrating Conservatism. But their mission statement
> >> is classic Tea Party -- "to restore our country, counties, and cities
> >> back to the Republic and the Constitution of the United States" -- and
> >> Celebrating Conservatism is listed as a member of the national Tea
> >> Party Patriots organization. Everyone in Hamilton, Montana -- the
> >> whole of Montana's Bitterroot Valley, for that matter -- knows them as
> >> the Tea Party's main presence in town. Once a month or so, the group
> >> holds a potluck dinner at the county fairgrounds that typically
> >> attracts a couple hundred people, which in a place like the Bitterroot
> >> is a sizeable presence.
>
> >> This night -- a September 14, 2010, potluck in the oversized metal
> >> shed that is the fairground's main hall -- is special because there is
> >> a high-profile guest: Larry Pratt, leader of Gun Owners of America.
>
> >> Pratt, like a lot of Celebrating Conservatism's speakers, has a long
> >> history with the far right. He is considered a godfather of the
> >> militia movement, a network of conspiracy-minded, armed paramilitary
> >> groups that exploded in the 1990s. Pratt addressed a pivotal three-day
> >> meeting of neo-Nazis and Christian Identity adherents in Estes Park,
> >> Colorado, in October 1992, convened in the wake of a shoot-out by
> >> federal agents in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, that had sent shock waves through
> >> the extreme right. That gathering is widely credited with birthing the
> >> movement's strategy of organizing citizen militias as a form of
> >> "leaderless resistance" to a looming "New World Order." Joining Pratt
> >> on the stage at Estes Park were Aryan Nations leaders Richard Butler
> >> and Louis Beam. (A few years later, Pratt became co-chair of Patrick
> >> Buchanan's 1996 GOP presidential campaign, but was dismissed once
> >> these Neo-Nazi ties surfaced in the national press.)
>
> >> Pratt is hardly the only controversial figure to address the group. In
> >> May 2010, at its convention on the University of Montana's Missoula
> >> campus, Celebrating Conservatism hosted tax protester Red Beckman,
> >> notorious for his open anti-Semitism and the author of a 1984 book
> >> that argues the Holocaust was a judgment upon Jews for worshiping
> >> Satan. At a Hamilton gathering in July 2009, a onetime Arizona sheriff
> >> named Richard Mack addressed the crowd; he'd made a career in the
> >> 1990s out of organizing militias and speaking on the national circuit
> >> of the anti-government Patriot movement. Mack's longtime Patriot
> >> movement confederate, Jack McLamb, spoke at the group's Hamilton
> >> gathering the following month. McLamb, a former police officer,
> >> recruits "soldier and lawmen" to the Patriot cause through a group
> >> called Police & Military Against a New World Order.
>
> >> Those events served notice that Celebrating Conservatism had embraced
> >> the Patriot movement cause.
>
> >> Celebrating Conservatism formed in December 2008 in reaction to the
> >> presidential election and slowly gained members that spring by
> >> associating itself with a variety of Tea Party events in Bitterroot.
> >> But locals only took real notice in September 2009, when the group
> >> held a gun rights rally in downtown Hamilton at which participants
> >> brandished firearms. Organizers followed up with a Celebration of
> >> Right to Bear Arms in March 2010, which featured a march of several
> >> hundred people along Hamilton's main drag. Anyone driving through town
> >> that day was greeted by a gauntlet of people packing weapons ranging
> >> from muzzle-loading muskets to a high-powered sniper-style .308
> >> caliber rifle.
>
> >> Continued here:
>
> >>http://www.alternet.org/story/148946/%22we_are_at_war%22%3A_how_milit...
> >> --
> >> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> >> Have a great day,
> >> Tommy
>
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Re: Thanksgiving Turkey Cake Recipe

Tommy, You do realize that at least 10% of all birds are gay,
right ??

On Nov 25, 9:11 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanksgiving Turkey Cake Recipe
>
> Total: 1 hr, plus 1 hr baking time
>
> Makes: 8 to 10 servings
>
> Thanksgiving Turkey Cake
>
>  By Amy Wisniewski
>
> Whether this Thanksgiving centerpiece incites horror, amazement, or
> confusion when it's served, it's certain to evoke some kind of
> outburst. Warning: This dish is not recommended for people who require
> an inch of space between food groups.
>
> Game plan: The mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes can be made ahead.
> Rewarm them just prior to assembling the cake, so they are easy to
> spread.
>
> If your attention lapses and the marshmallows happen to burn or catch
> fire while broiling (this actually happened to us), relax and just
> blow out the flames. Peel away the burnt marshmallows, leaving the
> sweet potato layer intact, and start over with a fresh topping of
> marshmallows.
>
> This recipe was featured as part of our story on Thanksgiving Turkey
> Recipes, Traditional to Trippy.
>
> INGREDIENTS
> For the turkey layers:
> Unsalted butter, for coating the pans
> 2 pounds ground turkey breast
> 1 cup quick-cooking oats
> 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated on the small holes of a box grater
> 1/3 cup ketchup
> 1/3 cup finely chopped yellow onion
> 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh Italian parsley
> 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
> 2 tablespoons soy sauce
> 1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme leaves
> 1 teaspoon minced fresh sage leaves
> 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
> 2 medium garlic cloves, minced
>
> For the sweet potato layer:
> 1 pound sweet potatoes
> 1/4 cup whole milk
> 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/4 stick)
> 1 tablespoon packed light brown sugar
> 1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more as needed
> Pinch ground mace or nutmeg
> Freshly ground black pepper
>
> To assemble:
> About 5 cups or 1 recipe Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes, warm
> 1/2 cup cranberry sauce, such as our Cranberry and Citrus Sauce,
> chilled, excess liquid drained
> 2 1/2 cups Sausage Stuffing, warm
> 1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
> Gravy, for serving (optional)
> INSTRUCTIONS
> For the turkey layers:
> Heat the oven to 350°F and arrange a rack in the middle. Coat 2
> (8-inch) cake pans with butter; set aside.
> Place all remaining ingredients in a large bowl and mix, using clean
> hands, until combined (don't squeeze or overwork). Divide the mixture
> evenly between the pans, spreading it to the edges and smoothing out
> the top. Bake until cooked through and the cakes begin to pull away
> from the edges of the pans, about 25 minutes. Remove from the oven
> (but leave the oven on), and let cool for about 10 minutes. Using a
> paper towel, blot away any excess fat from the cake layers' surface;
> set aside. (While the turkey cakes are cooking, make the sweet
> potatoes.)
>
> For the sweet potato layer:
> Place a steamer basket in a large saucepan with a tightfitting lid.
> Add enough water to reach just below the basket; bring to a boil over
> high heat, then reduce the heat to low and gently simmer.
> Meanwhile, peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into 1-inch cubes.
> Once the water is simmering, place the cubes in the steamer basket,
> cover, and steam until the potatoes just give when pierced with a
> fork, about 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer the steamer basket with the
> potatoes to a plate; set aside.
> Discard the water in the saucepan. Place the milk and butter in the
> saucepan and heat over low heat until the butter has melted. Turn off
> the heat, add the reserved sweet potatoes and the brown sugar, salt,
> and mace or nutmeg, and mash with a potato masher until smooth. Taste
> and season with salt and pepper as desired; keep warm.
>
> To assemble:
> Arrange a rack in the lower third of the oven.
> Run a knife around the edge of the turkey cakes. Unmold one of the
> turkey layers and place it bottom-side up on an overturned 8-inch cake
> pan or in an ovenproof serving dish.  With a long knife or offset
> spatula, evenly spread 1 1/4 cups of the mashed potatoes over the top
> of the cake, leaving a 1/2 -inch border (keep the remaining potatoes
> warm).
> Using the back of a clean spoon, spread the cranberry sauce evenly
> over the mashed potatoes.
> Using your hands, gently pack the stuffing in an even layer over the
> cranberry sauce, using one hand to keep any stuffing from falling off
> the side.  Press gently on the stuffing to make sure it adheres to the
> mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce.
> Evenly spread another 1 1/4 cups of the mashed potatoes over the
> stuffing (keep the remaining potatoes warm).
> Unmold the second turkey layer and place it bottom-side up on top of
> the mashed potatoes.
> Transfer the cake pan or serving dish with the partially assembled
> cake to a baking sheet and bake until heated through, about 30 to 40
> minutes (an instant-read thermometer should register 165°F).
> Remove from the oven and set aside. Heat the oven to broil.
> With a long knife or offset spatula, evenly coat the outside (but not
> top) of the entire cake with the remaining mashed potatoes (you may
> have a little left over).
> With a clean long knife or offset spatula, evenly spread all of the
> sweet potatoes on top of the cake.  Arrange the marshmallows across
> the top and gently press them into the sweet potatoes.
> Return the baking sheet with the assembled cake to the oven and broil
> until the marshmallows are golden, about 1 to 2 minutes (watch closely
> so the marshmallows don't burn).  Using two flat spatulas, carefully
> transfer the cake to a serving dish. Serve immediately with gravy, if
> desired.
>
> More:http://www.chow.com/recipes/29029-thanksgiving-turkey-cake
>
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> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy

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Thanksgiving Turkey Cake Recipe

Thanksgiving Turkey Cake Recipe

Total: 1 hr, plus 1 hr baking time

Makes: 8 to 10 servings

Thanksgiving Turkey Cake

By Amy Wisniewski

Whether this Thanksgiving centerpiece incites horror, amazement, or
confusion when it's served, it's certain to evoke some kind of
outburst. Warning: This dish is not recommended for people who require
an inch of space between food groups.

Game plan: The mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes can be made ahead.
Rewarm them just prior to assembling the cake, so they are easy to
spread.

If your attention lapses and the marshmallows happen to burn or catch
fire while broiling (this actually happened to us), relax and just
blow out the flames. Peel away the burnt marshmallows, leaving the
sweet potato layer intact, and start over with a fresh topping of
marshmallows.

This recipe was featured as part of our story on Thanksgiving Turkey
Recipes, Traditional to Trippy.

INGREDIENTS
For the turkey layers:
Unsalted butter, for coating the pans
2 pounds ground turkey breast
1 cup quick-cooking oats
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated on the small holes of a box grater
1/3 cup ketchup
1/3 cup finely chopped yellow onion
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh Italian parsley
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme leaves
1 teaspoon minced fresh sage leaves
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 medium garlic cloves, minced

For the sweet potato layer:
1 pound sweet potatoes
1/4 cup whole milk
2 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/4 stick)
1 tablespoon packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more as needed
Pinch ground mace or nutmeg
Freshly ground black pepper

To assemble:
About 5 cups or 1 recipe Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes, warm
1/2 cup cranberry sauce, such as our Cranberry and Citrus Sauce,
chilled, excess liquid drained
2 1/2 cups Sausage Stuffing, warm
1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
Gravy, for serving (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
For the turkey layers:
Heat the oven to 350°F and arrange a rack in the middle. Coat 2
(8-inch) cake pans with butter; set aside.
Place all remaining ingredients in a large bowl and mix, using clean
hands, until combined (don't squeeze or overwork). Divide the mixture
evenly between the pans, spreading it to the edges and smoothing out
the top. Bake until cooked through and the cakes begin to pull away
from the edges of the pans, about 25 minutes. Remove from the oven
(but leave the oven on), and let cool for about 10 minutes. Using a
paper towel, blot away any excess fat from the cake layers' surface;
set aside. (While the turkey cakes are cooking, make the sweet
potatoes.)

For the sweet potato layer:
Place a steamer basket in a large saucepan with a tightfitting lid.
Add enough water to reach just below the basket; bring to a boil over
high heat, then reduce the heat to low and gently simmer.
Meanwhile, peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into 1-inch cubes.
Once the water is simmering, place the cubes in the steamer basket,
cover, and steam until the potatoes just give when pierced with a
fork, about 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer the steamer basket with the
potatoes to a plate; set aside.
Discard the water in the saucepan. Place the milk and butter in the
saucepan and heat over low heat until the butter has melted. Turn off
the heat, add the reserved sweet potatoes and the brown sugar, salt,
and mace or nutmeg, and mash with a potato masher until smooth. Taste
and season with salt and pepper as desired; keep warm.

To assemble:
Arrange a rack in the lower third of the oven.
Run a knife around the edge of the turkey cakes. Unmold one of the
turkey layers and place it bottom-side up on an overturned 8-inch cake
pan or in an ovenproof serving dish. With a long knife or offset
spatula, evenly spread 1 1/4 cups of the mashed potatoes over the top
of the cake, leaving a 1/2 -inch border (keep the remaining potatoes
warm).
Using the back of a clean spoon, spread the cranberry sauce evenly
over the mashed potatoes.
Using your hands, gently pack the stuffing in an even layer over the
cranberry sauce, using one hand to keep any stuffing from falling off
the side. Press gently on the stuffing to make sure it adheres to the
mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce.
Evenly spread another 1 1/4 cups of the mashed potatoes over the
stuffing (keep the remaining potatoes warm).
Unmold the second turkey layer and place it bottom-side up on top of
the mashed potatoes.
Transfer the cake pan or serving dish with the partially assembled
cake to a baking sheet and bake until heated through, about 30 to 40
minutes (an instant-read thermometer should register 165°F).
Remove from the oven and set aside. Heat the oven to broil.
With a long knife or offset spatula, evenly coat the outside (but not
top) of the entire cake with the remaining mashed potatoes (you may
have a little left over).
With a clean long knife or offset spatula, evenly spread all of the
sweet potatoes on top of the cake. Arrange the marshmallows across
the top and gently press them into the sweet potatoes.
Return the baking sheet with the assembled cake to the oven and broil
until the marshmallows are golden, about 1 to 2 minutes (watch closely
so the marshmallows don't burn). Using two flat spatulas, carefully
transfer the cake to a serving dish. Serve immediately with gravy, if
desired.


More:
http://www.chow.com/recipes/29029-thanksgiving-turkey-cake

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Re: Militias, Racists and Anti-Semites Found a Home in the Tea Party

Wing Nut

On 11/24/10, Keith In Tampa <keithintampa@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Tommy News <tommysnews@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Militias, Racists and Anti-Semites Found a Home in the Tea Party
>>
>> "We Are at War": How Militias, Racists and Anti-Semites Found a Home
>> in the Tea Party
>> In places like rural Montana, the Tea Party is working hand-in-glove
>> with Patriot movement radicals -- many of whom have close ties to
>> anti-government armed militias.
>> November 21, 2010 |
>> Photo Credit: A.M. Stan LIKE THIS ARTICLE ?
>> Join our mailing list:
>> Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via email.
>> Petitions by Change.org|Get Widget|Start a Petition ? Research
>> support for this article was provided by The Investigative Fund at The
>> Nation Institute.
>>
>> Maybe it's the gun-making kits that are being raffled off as door
>> prizes. Or maybe it's the fact that nearly everyone inside this hall
>> at the Ravalli County Fairground is packing heat. But most of all,
>> it's the copy of Mein Kampf sitting there on the book table, with its
>> black-and-white swastika, sandwiched between a survivalist how-to book
>> on food storage and a copy of Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals.
>>
>> It is obvious: This is not your ordinary Tea Party gathering.
>>
>> Mind you, they don't explicitly call themselves Tea Partiers. Their
>> official name is Celebrating Conservatism. But their mission statement
>> is classic Tea Party -- "to restore our country, counties, and cities
>> back to the Republic and the Constitution of the United States" -- and
>> Celebrating Conservatism is listed as a member of the national Tea
>> Party Patriots organization. Everyone in Hamilton, Montana -- the
>> whole of Montana's Bitterroot Valley, for that matter -- knows them as
>> the Tea Party's main presence in town. Once a month or so, the group
>> holds a potluck dinner at the county fairgrounds that typically
>> attracts a couple hundred people, which in a place like the Bitterroot
>> is a sizeable presence.
>>
>> This night -- a September 14, 2010, potluck in the oversized metal
>> shed that is the fairground's main hall -- is special because there is
>> a high-profile guest: Larry Pratt, leader of Gun Owners of America.
>>
>> Pratt, like a lot of Celebrating Conservatism's speakers, has a long
>> history with the far right. He is considered a godfather of the
>> militia movement, a network of conspiracy-minded, armed paramilitary
>> groups that exploded in the 1990s. Pratt addressed a pivotal three-day
>> meeting of neo-Nazis and Christian Identity adherents in Estes Park,
>> Colorado, in October 1992, convened in the wake of a shoot-out by
>> federal agents in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, that had sent shock waves through
>> the extreme right. That gathering is widely credited with birthing the
>> movement's strategy of organizing citizen militias as a form of
>> "leaderless resistance" to a looming "New World Order." Joining Pratt
>> on the stage at Estes Park were Aryan Nations leaders Richard Butler
>> and Louis Beam. (A few years later, Pratt became co-chair of Patrick
>> Buchanan's 1996 GOP presidential campaign, but was dismissed once
>> these Neo-Nazi ties surfaced in the national press.)
>>
>> Pratt is hardly the only controversial figure to address the group. In
>> May 2010, at its convention on the University of Montana's Missoula
>> campus, Celebrating Conservatism hosted tax protester Red Beckman,
>> notorious for his open anti-Semitism and the author of a 1984 book
>> that argues the Holocaust was a judgment upon Jews for worshiping
>> Satan. At a Hamilton gathering in July 2009, a onetime Arizona sheriff
>> named Richard Mack addressed the crowd; he'd made a career in the
>> 1990s out of organizing militias and speaking on the national circuit
>> of the anti-government Patriot movement. Mack's longtime Patriot
>> movement confederate, Jack McLamb, spoke at the group's Hamilton
>> gathering the following month. McLamb, a former police officer,
>> recruits "soldier and lawmen" to the Patriot cause through a group
>> called Police & Military Against a New World Order.
>>
>> Those events served notice that Celebrating Conservatism had embraced
>> the Patriot movement cause.
>>
>> Celebrating Conservatism formed in December 2008 in reaction to the
>> presidential election and slowly gained members that spring by
>> associating itself with a variety of Tea Party events in Bitterroot.
>> But locals only took real notice in September 2009, when the group
>> held a gun rights rally in downtown Hamilton at which participants
>> brandished firearms. Organizers followed up with a Celebration of
>> Right to Bear Arms in March 2010, which featured a march of several
>> hundred people along Hamilton's main drag. Anyone driving through town
>> that day was greeted by a gauntlet of people packing weapons ranging
>> from muzzle-loading muskets to a high-powered sniper-style .308
>> caliber rifle.
>>
>>
>> Continued here:
>>
>> http://www.alternet.org/story/148946/%22we_are_at_war%22%3A_how_militias%2C_racists_and_anti-semites_found_a_home_in_the_tea_party_
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Immigrant Absorption Center in Israel Being Converted Into Concentration Camp

Immigrant Absorption Center in Israel Being Converted Into
Concentration Camp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoRjvH2heGc

PLEASE DOWNLOAD THIS VIDEO AND DISTRIBUTE IT.

If there is a law against taking this video, I could get arrested.

If I do, I want this video to exist to prove that Israel's towns are
being turned into Concentration Camps.

When I saw them preparing the barred fences in front of the Absorption
Center at Tzahal Street #9 in Tzfat (aka Safed and Zefat), Israel
yesterday; I immediately knew something was terribly, horribly wrong.
My blood ran cold.

When I went back today, I was shocked to find that the bars were in
place - on the sides of the entrance to the building and with a baffle
gate (turnstile). It's amazing how efficient Israeli Zionist anti-
Semitic, disguised as Jewish, authorities can be when it comes to
doing something fascist.

They are not locked in - yet. I saw them walking around freely. *But
that gate can be locked at any time and it is horrifically like a
prison all the time*.

The front entrance hasn't been barred - but there is a guard there.

Every day, but every day, the lock-down in Tzfat continues and ramps
up.

I apologize for the fact that the camera faces away in a number of
places. I had to be discreet. I was told not to take pictures.

Since a lone helicopter and two Black Hawks flew over (seen in the
video), I figured the authorities knew I had filmed. So, I'm letting
you know too.

How would you feel if you found something like that over the entrance
to your home?

Doreen Ellen Bell-Dotan, Tzfat
DoreenDotan@gmail.com

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Body Scanners

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/11/24/tyner/index.html

http://tsaresistance.blogspot.com/2010/11/cbs-reporter-peggy-fox-taunts-tsa.html

On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Dr Sean > wrote:
 

http://c4ss.org/content/5076

Well, it seems Homeland Security and the TSA are classifying the
anti-TSA backlash as a "domestic extremist" movement. A DHS memo from
Janet Napolitano referred to the individuals who tried to "interfere
with" the new airport security regime by objecting to it or opting out,
along with public commentators and organized movements which encouraged
such behavior, as "domestic extremists." She called on the government to
investigate individuals and movements associated with the anti-TSA backlash.

And now MSNBC's Chris Matthews is dismissing the anti-TSA movement as a
bunch of right-wingers. Monday night (Nov. 22) Matthews did a segment on
the new back-scatter body scan machines. One of the guests, Ginger
McCall of the Open Government Project and the Electronic Privacy
Information Center, cited evidence that the machines are ineffective at
detecting low-density materials like the powdered explosive carried by
the Underwear Bomber, and simply create an "illusion of security."

Matthews, outraged, demanded her explanation as to why the government
would deliberately do something that didn't work. McCall responded that
it might have something to do with the fact that a lot of money was
changing hands. When challenged further by the aghast Matthews, she
elaborated that former DHS Secretary Chertoff had ties to the companies
that manufacture the scanner.

This sent Matthews on a rampage for the rest of the segment, sputtering
demands for names and documentation as McCall, attempting to talk in the
face of his machine-gun interruption, tried to explain the concept of a
revolving door between government agencies and private industry.

It's pretty obvious, despite Newt Gingrich's hysterics about Matthews as
some sort of ultra-leftist, that the latter is really just a managerial
centrist. The quickest way to provoke Matthews' ire is to suggest that
privileged interests have some sort of structural influence over the
political system, or that there might be some sort of permanent,
institutionalized relationship between big business and big government.

The kind of "dirty business" that he found so offensive in regard to DHS
is standard practice among "defense" contractors: the manufacturers of
weapons systems colluding with the uniformed services to rig tests and
ensure the large-scale purchase of the systems. Apparently Matthews has
never heard of the Military-Industrial Complex --- either that, or he
regards Eisenhower as a "conspiracy theorist" in the same category as
David Ickes or Lyndon LaRouche.

Tonight (Wednesday) he continued with a segment on the backlash against
the new TSA procedures --- the body scans and "enhanced pat downs" ---
and rather disingenuously suggested it was just an orchestrated movement
by Republicans pandering to the paranoid Right. The Republicans, he
said, were becoming "soft on defense" and "soft on terror."

Odd, that's the first I ever heard that Glen Greenwald was a Republican
--- or that all those folks at Alternet are right-wingers. Jeez, you
think the ACLU's getting money from the Koch brothers?

The same line is being promoted at The Nation ("TSAstroturf
<http://www.thenation.com/article/156647/tsastroturf-washington-lobbyists-and-koch-funded-libertarians-behind-tsa-scandal>,"
Nov. 23): the whole anti-TSA thing is just a bunch of angry white males
with paranoid anti-government views. For every Republican who cares
about civil liberties only when there's a Democrat in the White House,
it seems, there's a liberal who only objects to police statism when it's
done by Republicans. Of course this is the same The Nation which argued
in the '90s that imperialism wasn't so bad when it was being done for
liberal ends in the Balkans, and whose editor (Kritina van den Heuvel)
celebrated the resurgence of faith in government after 9-11. (Odd, by
the way, that someone who equates fear of government to being right-wing
should have such a convergence of views with Samuel Huntington, who
lamented the increased difficulty corporate elites had in governing the
country because of the post-Vietnam/Watergate loss of trust in government.)

These people are being disingenuous in implying that the only political
alternatives are plain, vanilla-flavored managerialist liberalism and
the Right, and that anyone who isn't one must be the other. As far as
I'm concerned, this issue is the dividing line between the genuine Left
and liberal goo-goos.

The opposition to the post-9//11 national security state is not a
right-wing movement. It unites civil libertarians of left and right. The
anti-TSA backlash isn't about right versus left. It's about liberty
versus tyranny.

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By Robert Barnes and R. Jeffrey Smith
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, November 25, 2010

Former House majority leader Tom DeLay, the Texan architect of
Republican power in Congress, was convicted Wednesday of illegally
plotting to funnel corporate contributions to home-state legislative
candidates in 2002.

A jury in Austin found DeLay guilty of money laundering and conspiracy
to commit money laundering. Punishment for the first ranges from five
years to life in prison, but the former congressman from the Houston
suburb of Sugar Land could receive probation.

DeLay will remain free until he is sentenced on Dec. 20.

"This case is a message from the people of the state of Texas that
they want - and expect - honesty and ethics in their public
officials," said Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg.
"All people have to abide by the law."

Reporters in the courtroom described DeLay as stunned by the verdict,
which came after 19 hours of deliberation.

"This is an abuse of power," the former congressman said outside the
courtroom. "It's a miscarriage of justice, and I still maintain that I
am innocent. The criminalization of politics undermines our very
system, and I am very disappointed in the outcome."

The conviction follows years of investigation of DeLay, 63, who came
to symbolize the intersection of money and politics in Washington. He
made a mission of solidifying the Republican majority in Congress, and
his ability to raise campaign cash was part of his power and eventual
downfall.

For a time, DeLay was the Republicans' chief vote counter and
patronage dispenser, and he earned his nickname, "The Hammer," for the
dictatorial style with which he commanded House Republicans - and
tormented President Bill Clinton and Democrats.

Over three weeks, prosecutors presented more than 30 witnesses and
volumes of documents todescribe a campaign-finance scheme that
benefited Texas legislative candidates but was aimed at cementing GOP
power in Congress. They said a political action committee that DeLay
started in Texas solicited $190,000 from corporate interests and sent
it to an arm of the Republican National Committee. They said that
group then distributed the money to seven legislative candidates in an
effort to skirt Texas law, which forbids corporate contributions to
political campaigns.

Prosecutors said that the money helped the GOP win control of the
Texas House and that the majority then pushed through a
DeLay-organized congressional redistricting plan that sent more
Republicans to Congress.

"There is nothing wrong with Republicans trying to dominate the
political world," prosecutor Beverly Mathews told jurors when the
trial opened. "But the means to achieve that gain must be lawful."

DeLay's attorney, noted Texas lawyer Dick DeGuerin, denied that his
client had conspired with associates Jim Ellis and John Colyandro to
subvert Texas law. He acknowledged that the same amount of money DeLay
sent to Washington came back to Texas, but he said the money from the
RNC group was from individual contributors, which is legal under state
law.


It's not the same money," DeGuerin told jurors in opening arguments.
"No money was laundered."

DeGuerin also called Wednesday's verdict "a terrible miscarriage of
justice" and vowed to appeal.

"To say I'm shocked is an understatement," he said.

With characteristic bravado, DeLay expressed confidence throughout the
trial that he would be exonerated, and he suggested that his victory
would open the door to a more active role in federal politics after
spending the past four years cooling his heels as a Republican
consultant and an informal adviser to tea party activists.

DeLay, who had an extermination business before he was elected to
Congress, was back in the national limelight in 2009 as a contestant
on the ABC hit television show "Dancing With the Stars."

He has always said that the charges against him were politically
motivated, a vendetta on the part of former Travis County district
attorney Ronnie Earle. But a statement to Earle in which DeLay said he
had known about and sanctioned the money swap was damaging.

The former congressman later said he misspoke, telling reporters that
"even if I knew about the deal, the deal is legal. So what's the
conspiracy?" Three years ago, DeLay and his attorneys briefly
considered a plea bargain because of his statement. But he decided
instead to hang tough.

Lead prosecutor Gary Cobb said Wednesday that the jury had acted
without a political agenda, and so had his office.

"We thought the citizens of Travis County would see this case for what
it was: a corrupt politician who was caught violating the laws of the
state," Cobb said.

Five years ago, DeLay's political career began to unravel with
disclosure of the details of his money-raising operation and his
extensive connections to Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The
lobbyist was eventually convicted on conspiracy, mail fraud and tax
charges. Those disclosures helped undo the Republican majority in the
2006 midterm elections.

Abramoff notably paid for DeLay's airfare to London and Scotland in
2000 for a golfing trip, while DeLay's former chief of staff - another
lobbyist who was handsomely compensated by Abramoff - paid for some of
the former congressman's expenses on that trip.

In August, after a six-year investigation, the Justice Department
informed DeLay's attorneys that he would not be indicted for his long
association with Abramoff, who DeLay reiterated was still "a friend of
mine." That investigation had already produced guilty pleas to federal
charges by DeLay's former deputy chief of staff and one of his close
aides.

More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/24/AR2010112407072_2.html

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